I Left the Wagon For This?

Almost two years ago I gave up drinking soda.  I now drink tea, water, lemonade, and milk.  That's about it.  Not a whole lot of variety, but I don't require much variety with my beverages.  If it's good, I'll just keep drinking it without going out of my way to find something else.  That's probably how I became such a soda addict.  Diet Coke tastes good.

Quitting soda was not nearly as difficult as I thought it would be. It helped that my choice of other beverages are exceptionally easy to get wherever you go.  Until last night.  Last night I was challenged and I did not rise to the challenge.  I failed.  Last night I had two sodas.

Last night my project team from work had a gathering at Miller Park to watch the Brewers take on the Astros.  Prior to the game, we had rented out a pavilion in one of the parking lots and had the stadium food service crew cater a meal for us.  There was plenty of free food and drinks.  All the beer and soda you can drink prior to the game.  Wait up... beer and soda?  I don't drink alcohol and I don't drink soda, either.  I started digging through the soda bin trying to find a bottled water.

None.

I asked the food service attendant that was taking care of our group.  She said that all my company had paid for was soda and beer, opting not to have water.  I asked her how I could get a water.  She told me that I would have to go into the stadium and pay $4 for one, but then I couldn't leave the stadium because I wouldn't be allowed reentry for the actual game.  She thought there might be a water fountain near the stadium, but it was a 10 minute round-trip walk between our pavilion and where it might be.

Faced with these options, I grabbed a soda to drink with my dinner.  I then had another one as my coworkers and I chatted before heading in to our seats.  I picked Sierra Mist, a soda that has no caffeine in it, as that was one of the reasons why I took soda out of my diet.  It wasn't that good.  I'm not a big fan of Sierra Mist to begin with.  It upsets me a bit that my first soda in almost two years was one I really didn't want.  Why couldn't it have been a Diet Coke or a Sprite?